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    adaptiveness to behavior. Attachment is the strong emotional bond which develops between the infant and caregiver‚ it provides the infant with emotional security. It is said that by the second half of the first year‚ infants will have become attached to familiar people who have responded to their need for physical care and stimulation. How this attachment develops has been a topic of intense theoretical debate. There are many theories that try to explain attachment‚ but

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    Attachment disorders: Assessment strategies and treatment approaches”‚ by Thomas G. O’Connor and Charles H. Zeanah‚ is an article that relates to this case study‚ in which I have attached. Attachment Theory: “An Attachment is a reciprocal‚ enduring‚ emotional and physical affiliation between a child and a caregiver”[1]. The most recognised attachment theorist was a man called John Bowlby‚ a British Psychologist‚ Psychoanalyst and Psychiatrist famous for his work and fascination

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    most significant influencers in learning social behaviours and aiding the formation of strong attachments‚ and therefore successful emotional and behavioural development in children. The role and importance each parent plays in childhood development has led to profound debate in psychological research. It is argued that the primary caregiver – the mother – is most significant in influencing strong attachments and a healthy emotional and behavioural development in their children. Alternatively‚ additional

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    child’s early life and can sometimes have long term effects. There are many studies that have been carried out that support the theory that a parents role and parenting style can effect a child’s social development; Bowlby’s (1969) attachment theory‚ Mary Ainsworth’s strange situation procedure and Murray’s (1992) theory on maternal responsiveness play a crucial part in this theory. British philosopher John Locke stated that all children were born as ‘empty vessels’. These ‘empty vessels’ acquire knowledge

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    Secure Attachment Theory

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    Erik Erikson’s theory. Infants will go through this stage when they are just 0-1 years old. The developmental task that infants are attempting to overcome is to develop trust in the caregiver. It’s important that the parents create a secure type of attachment with their infant. It is essential that the infant and the parents establish a bond at an early age to ensure that the infant will always feel safe and secure.

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    paper focused on attachment theory and the impact of close relationships on psychological development. • Children vary considerably by which attachment security remains individually consistent over time – studies have found both change and consistency in attachment classification. Theorists have agreed that early attachment experiences are important‚ yet they can be transformed by later experiences. • The reasons as to WHY there are individual continuity or change of attachment relationships are

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    The rise of Attachment Theory in the 20th Century tries to explain the behaviors typical of young children. A securely attached child is “likely to have advantages in most cultures studied” (Music‚ p. 69). Childhood Attachment can be best thought of as the methods and manners in which infants and caregivers connect with one another. This presumes that the caregiver and infant have at least one mechanism of connecting with one another. In a family without physiological or mental impairment‚ this

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    John Bowlby‚ the father of the Attachment Theory‚ has left an indelible mark in the field of Developmental Psychiatry‚ drawing most of his inferences from studies of infant interactions with others. Dissatisfied with traditional theories of infant-parent interactions‚ he turned to evolutionary biology‚ ethology‚ developmental psychology‚ cognitive science and control systems theory for inspiration (Cassidy‚ 1999). Bowlby asserts that children have this sort of attachment to their parents and a mother-child

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    Attachment Theory Essay

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    Attachment is an emotional bond between two people that is a two way process (Sigelman & Rider‚ 2012). Attachment also exists in relationships and starts early during the infancy period between the child and the caregiver. The strength of the bond at the early stage helps to determine how well interactions and relationships are formed with others‚ as the child grew and developed. The attachment theory introduced different types of attachment‚ such as the secure‚ insecure-resistant‚ insecure-avoidant

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    am choosing to write about the Attachment Theory‚ because the concepts of this theory had captured my attention during class. The Attachment Theory was discovered by John Bowlby‚ which he had examined and analyzed the relationships between a child and their caregiver. Bowlby was attempting to understand the extreme distress from infants‚ who had been separated from their parents‚ which left the infants in discomfort. The most important stages of the Attachment Theory is during the first nine months

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